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52. Osaka, Japan. — When the menagerie in the Singapore 

 Botanic Gardens closed, the Tiger, Crocodile and some other 

 large animals were sent to Osaka : but I have been unable to 

 obtain any information as to what sort of menagerie or garden 

 exists at Osaka. 



53. Pekin, China. — Zoological and Botanical Garden, recently 

 started, or re-started. 



54. Puket, Junkceylon, Malaya. — The Puket (Tongkah) 

 Government maintains a small Zoological Garden, open free to 

 the public. The collection is said to consist of a Tiger, two 

 Leopards, two Black Panthers and two Crocodiles. 



55. Rangoon, Burma. — The Zoological Garden in the Victoria 

 Memorial Park is managed by the Park Administration. The 

 Secretary is Mr. W. Shircore of Barr Street, Rangoon. I under- 

 stand that the ground was given by the Government, and the 

 park, &c, laid out with funds subscribed by the public as a 

 memorial to Queen Victoria. The institution was opened by 

 His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, when in Rangoon, on 

 his last Indian tour. 



The Zoological Garden is about fourteen acres in area (but 

 there is already some talk of an extension), and adjoins the Royal 

 Lakes. In the Elephant House there is said to be one of King 

 Theebaw's " White" Elephants. 



56. Saigon, Cochin-China. — A large garden, botanical at one 

 end, zoological at the other. Monsieur E. Haffner, Director. 



57. Singapore, Straits Settlements. — A very interesting 

 account of the Menagerie at the Botanic Gardens of Singapore, 

 from its foundation in 1859 to its end in 1905, has been written 

 by Mr. Henry N. Ridley, E.R.S., Director, Botanic Gardens, 

 Singapore, and published in the * Journal ' of the Straits Branch, 

 Royal Asiatic Society, No. 46 (December, 1906), pp. 133-194. 

 It is greatly to be hoped that a Zoological Garden may be re- 

 started in Singapore. 



58. Sourabaya, Java. — Some sort of a collection of animals 

 appears to have been in existence at Sourabaya, but I have no 

 definite information concerning it. 



59. Timor Dilli, Portuguese Malaya. — In the Public Gar- 

 dens there is a collection of live animals. Mr. W. H. D. le Souef, 

 Zool. Soc. of Victoria, 44th Annual Report (1908), p. 11, men- 



